Photography and Digital Media
The idea that light forms an image is central to the discipline of photography, beginning with film-based camera and darkroom work. Traditional and digital photography are the means to focus on content, process, conceptualization, and innovation in photographic image making.
Photography is omnipresent in our daily lives and connects directly with so many disciplines at Roger Williams University. From Journalism to Graphic Design, students pursue the Minor in Photography and Digital Media not only to gain essential skills but to understand better their own way of seeing the world around them. Technical proficiency with the medium combined with challenging discussions, helps the student to understand the visual choices they are making and how to apply them to their own expressive aims.
Student Work
The Visual Arts program at Roger Williams University is interdisciplinary by design. Students are expected to explore a range of media from painting and ceramics to photography and video. Through the experiences of different media, students are challenged to find their own voice as an artist in work that reflects their individual aims and interests. Our students develop proficiencies in several media, often combining media in new and unexpected hybrids. Students in VARTS at RWU routinely make high-quality work that we are proud to display throughout the campus community in our Art on Campus program
Photography and Digital Media
Our Alumni Are
- Gallery assistants and administrators
- Teaching in Arts Education in public schools, private schools, and workshops
- Art directors or writers at magazines
- Design consultants
- Pursuing graduate degrees
- Working freelance as photographers or own their own businesses as designers